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I’m concerned enough to ask questions about it, but not worried about carrying my favorite gun. I EDC an Sig P-365XL Spectre (orinial Specttre, non comp) that I converted to a Macro. I fire it very well. Earlier this year I qualified with it at the range for my church security team, and even though I had t shot in ages, still managed a score of 98 out of 100, but I think the instructor counted two holes as one, and my score should have been 99, LOL. We were shooting the last group at the head of the target, and The one round I dropped, hit the silhouette target dead center of the throat. Anyway, I still carry it with confidence but just wondered.

My knowledge of the internals of modern pistols is rudimentary at best. With all the hoopla about the 320 lately, I’m wondering a bit about my 365 series pistol. Does it share any of the processes fhat plague the 320?

Sounds like great advice. Thank you!.

Thank you!. But I’ll bet you a dollar to a donut that in previous reconciliation bills, in a dem LED senate, that had non budgetary items, it flew right through.

Someone educate me, please. This parliamentarian dudette removed the part that took this stuff out of the NFA, but left in a reduction in the tax cost? Why the hell do we even allow a lib to be in that position when. We control the senate?

I’m new to ham, so be patient with my question, LOL. Does it include a power supply for use in the house?

Seems to me that Republicans are just Democrat Lights.

I’ve never heard of these varieties. I’ll be looking for them now. I love a good tomato. I just don’t understand them and can’t find a lot of them.

Other than the olives, that sounds wonderful.

I dunno, but I sure do love a good Bradley tomato, but I’ve heard they’re hard to grow and ya can’t get many crops in a season like you can others. I’ve also noticed a difference in taste of homegrown. Lately I’ve been generating some store bought ones from Sprouts. Can’t remember the brand but they are small and come several in a plastic box with vine attached. They may not be Bradley good but I like them a lot.

Looks like a cool radio. I should have also added that I’m not even licensed yet. I’ve gone overboard and already have 8 HTs, from Baofengs to Wouxons to Yaesus. Ever hear about getting the cart before the horse? Ha, that’s me. Radios are a sickness just as bad as guns are! Anyway, I’m still looking at portables, but I hope the next one I buy is a decent dual band mobile/base, but even with that I’m not seriously looking until I get my Technician license. I have some books and study software and just need to buckle down and study. There’s a ham event in Lebanon next month and I want to be licensed by then, if I can do this. I’m over 70, and find that I don’t grasp some of the technical stuff and definitely not the math at my age. I’m retired now and need to spend more time studying instead of reading about radios!

I’ve got a couple Yaesus portables, but have been kinda lusting after the Kenwood TH-D75A lately.

Welcome.

As I’m sure many of you did, I wrote Sens Blackburn and Haggerty about suppressors and SBRs being taken out of the NFA. Haggerty just sent the standard thank you email back. Blackburn though, or her team, rather, replied back with quite the lengthy email that spoke of the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment and agreed with my point about suppressors. Hooray for that. On the other hand, she strangely made no mention of SBRs.

Welcome! I’m originally from the Soddy-Daisy/Red Bank areas.

PM incoming.

I was able to get 2 of my Baofengs connected! Turns out I had more than one cable and thought they were all the same. Once I figured that part out I was good. Still need to figure out a couple more Baofengs, but, but I’ve read conflicting accounts of whether the GM15 can be done. Some say you can by using Chirp and tricking the program by calling them Radiodity GM-30’s. Also need to get the cables and software for my Yaesus. Leaning towards RT Systems as the source for that. I plan on attending the 2025 Annual Greater Nashville & Middle Tennessee HamQuest in July in Lebanon. I plan on having my license before then, but I see that they are offering free testing so if I don’t get it now, I will then. Years ago I read that one could get some great deals on equipment on radio gear at these. Wonder if that’s still true? I’m learning that this hobby/addiction can be as expensive or more so than my gun addiction.

Welcome.

When programming the Yaesus, did you have to buy the software and cable for both of these radios or were you able to use the same cable for both and/ or the same software for both? I played around with chirp a little bit yesterday on some of my Baofengs. Couldn’t get it to work with any of them yet. Not sure if my issue was with the cable or the software or the radios, I kept getting errors when trying to copy the radios to the computer. Got com port error messages too. My tiny brain can only struggle with trying to figure this stuff out for a limited amount of time at one sitting. I started out in the back yard in the shade, reading manuals and trying my hand at programming on the radios. Then moved inside to try the computer part.

Well, I’m probably getting way ahead of myself but I have acquired two Yaesu radios in addition to my several Baofengs, LOL. I had a Yaesu VX-5R, an older radio but supposed to be a good triband, I think. Yesterday I got a great deal on a Yaesu FTD3DR dual band from an older lady who had bought it for her husband. It’s brand spanking new, and came out of the box when I got it. Played with them both some today as far as programming, scanning channels, etc, and I see that there will be a huge learning curve. Although I want to learn how to program from the radio, I want to also get programming software. For my Baofengs, I ordered a cheap Bluetooth device that allows me to use an app on my phone to program. I’ll be trying that out when I get it. I really need to get a mobile that I can use as a mobile and base station. But Right now, though, I need to concentrate on studying to get my license. I put off getting my license for years because of the code requirement, and now that they took that out for technician, I have discovered that, now when i have time for this hobby, for some reason, crap doesn’t stick with me as much when I read as it used to. But I’m determined to get at least my technician if not the next one up. And to top,it all, my diving into radio has rekindled my scanning attraction as well. I dug out all my shortwave and scanner radios and am making myself a little ham shack. In my office area. I know many departments and agencies have encrypted transmissions, but hoping there are enough that are not keep me interested, LOL. And I was worried about being bored in my retirement. More to follow…

I just emailed both our Senators.

I really liked the turnbull series, read most of them but not the last one or maybe last 2. I have digital versions of them. I need to look for the ones I have not read yet and also The Attack. Kurt Schlichter and I agree on a lot of political issues and I follow him on X.

Has anyone used this metal grip module from Sig? I switched to a xMacro grip on my P-365xl Spectre a while back and like it, but the metal grip does interesting me. I’ve looked at several metal grips online, and none of them are cheap, but I wonder what people thought about this one. Somewhere online I read about someone buying one for less than what Sig sells it for. Do they fit in the xMacro holsters?

Thanks, all, for the advice. TripleGGG, I will take you up on your offer. I’ll PM you my number and email. Thanks.

What’s the barrel length?